LibGuides: Macbeth: Historical Context

James I, Macbeth and Scotland

James I of England

Macbeth, [Mac Bethad mac Findlaích]
from Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
King James VI and I
from , Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
James VI & I,
from History Today
Map of Scotland in 1070
page 10 of e-book New Edinburgh History of Scotland : Domination and Lordship : Scotland, 1070-1230
Medieval Scotland (E-book)
Holinshed's Chronicles
The 2nd edition of Raphael Holinshed's Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande was the primary source for Shakepeare's histories and other plays including Macbeth. View excerpts courtesy of the Shakespeare Folger Library.
Daemonologie: James I, King of England
Written in 1599, when still King of Scotland. In this book King James write about witchcraft and

The line of Banquo. From John Leslie's De Origine, Moribus, et Rebus Gestis Scotorum, Rome, 1578.p. 248. Accessed on Hathi Trust.